Beşiktaş - The Turkish Delights

by turkishdelights May 22, 2026 5 min read

There’s something beautifully absurd about football sometimes. On the very pitch where Beşiktaş J.K. supporters spent the first half of

by turkishdelights May 21, 2026 12 min read

There are certain cities in football that feel cursed, blessed, haunted and romantic all at once. Istanbul is one of

by turkishdelights March 17, 2026 9 min read

For a generation of German-born Turkish footballers like Volkan Arslan, Ümit Karan, and Ali Güneş, moving to the “Motherland” wasn’t

by turkishdelights May 17, 2025 7 min read

The Turkish Süper Lig has seen its share of characters; fiery managers, “madman” goalkeepers, and clinical finishers. But few combined

by turkishdelights September 17, 2024 3 min read

There are Turkish football myths, and then there are Turkish football myths involving Sergen Yalçın standing over a free-kick looking

by turkishdelights October 25, 2023 10 min read

There are transfer sagas. Then there is Turkish football in the late 1990s, which operated somewhere between organised sport, political

by turkishdelights October 25, 2023 5 min read

In the quirky world of Turkish football, where drama unfolds as fast as the kebabs disappear at halftime, one name

by sarayli January 4, 2023 14 min read

Watching Turkey’s football team compete at the FIFA World Cup is literally a rare feat! So rare that it is

by sarayli December 19, 2022 3 min read

Boasting a century of caps for his country, Ex-Besiktas defender Domagoj Vida is a legendary but also infamous figure within

by sarayli December 18, 2022 3 min read

Ricardo Quaresma shared, on social networks, a cryptic post that seems to point to his possible return to Turkey. The